Remember when I said I didn't think many rookie WRs will have much value this year (except for Corey Davis and maybe Kenny Golladay)? Well scratch that because Zay Jones is now in a really good spot to be the #1 WR for Buffalo. With Anquan Boldin deciding to retire last weekend, that basically leaves Jordan Matthews as Zay's main competition for targets. And in case you don't know how I feel about Jordan Matthews, keep in mind when I moved him into my top-150 in my last rankings update, that was the first time he cracked that mark all year for me. And all it took was for him to get shipped off to a team that just traded away their top WR. Of course now the debate is who to have ranked higher: Jordan Matthews or the rookie? You'll have to scroll past the top-100 to find out.
But the bigger news this week is who you no longer see on the list anymore: Julian Edelman, Spencer Ware, and Cameron Meredith. All suffered season-ending knee injuries in Week 3 of the preseason and are done for the year. Kareem Hunt shot way up my list, and I'm honestly not even sure I have him high enough. I adjusted a few other guys in what will be my last preseason rankings update, so the next rankings will be for the Week 1 games. Crush those drafts!
But the bigger news this week is who you no longer see on the list anymore: Julian Edelman, Spencer Ware, and Cameron Meredith. All suffered season-ending knee injuries in Week 3 of the preseason and are done for the year. Kareem Hunt shot way up my list, and I'm honestly not even sure I have him high enough. I adjusted a few other guys in what will be my last preseason rankings update, so the next rankings will be for the Week 1 games. Crush those drafts!Bart
| 1. Le'Veon Bell | |||||||||
| 2. David Johnson | |||||||||
| 3. Antonio Brown | |||||||||
| 4. LeSean McCoy: Buffalo keeps losing WRs, so McCoy should get a ton of touches. Into my top-5. | |||||||||
| 5. Julio Jones | |||||||||
| 6. Mike Evans | |||||||||
| 7. Odell Beckham, Jr. | |||||||||
| 8. Devonta Freeman | |||||||||
| 9. A.J. Green | |||||||||
| 10. Michael Thomas | |||||||||
| 11. Jordy Nelson | |||||||||
| 12. Jay Ajayi 13. Jordan Howard | |||||||||
| 14. Melvin Gordon | |||||||||
| 15. DeMarco Murray | |||||||||
| 16. Rob Gronkowski: Up slightly with Edelman out. Obviously a beast when healthy. | |||||||||
| 17. Todd Gurley | |||||||||
| 18. Carlos Hyde | |||||||||
| 19. Doug Baldwin | |||||||||
| 20. Dez Bryant | |||||||||
| 21. Amari Cooper | |||||||||
| 22. Brandin Cooks: Up to this WR tier. Should also get more looks with no Edelman. | |||||||||
| 23. T.Y. Hilton: Down a couple more spots. Really starting to worry about Luck's throwing shoulder. | |||||||||
| 24. Lamar Miller | |||||||||
| 25. Isaiah Crowell | |||||||||
| 26. Ezekiel Elliott | |||||||||
| 27. Leonard Fournette | |||||||||
| 28. DeAndre Hopkins | |||||||||
| 29. Demaryius Thomas | |||||||||
| 30. Alshon Jeffery | |||||||||
| 31. Dalvin Cook: I know they're rookies, but I'm moving him and McCaffery up. I just have to. | |||||||||
| 32. Christian McCaffery: I mean, have you seen this guy play?!? And Cook may be clear lead back. | |||||||||
| 33. Davante Adams | |||||||||
| 34. Keenan Allen | |||||||||
| 35. Allen Robinson | |||||||||
| 36. Aaron Rodgers: Moving QBs down even more. Hard to justify drafting one super early. | |||||||||
| 37. Tom Brady: So Brady and Rodgers are both down to this QB tier with Brees. | |||||||||
| 38. Drew Brees 39. Ty Montgomery | |||||||||
| 40. Kareem Hunt: This feels high, but should be top RB and could be great keeper in my league. | |||||||||
| 41. Marshawn Lynch | |||||||||
| 42. Terrelle Pryor | |||||||||
| 43. Michael Crabtree | |||||||||
| 44. Travis Kelce: Third round felt a little high for him, so he's down to this tier with other TEs. | |||||||||
| 45. Greg Olsen | |||||||||
| 46. Jordan Reed | |||||||||
| 47. Jimmy Graham | |||||||||
| 48. Joe Mixon | |||||||||
| 49. Ameer Abdullah | |||||||||
| 50. Tyreek Hill | |||||||||
| 51. Larry Fitzgerald: John Brown sure looked healthy in that third preseason game. Down a tier. | |||||||||
| 52. Martavis Bryant | |||||||||
| 53. Sammy Watkins | |||||||||
| 54. Kelvin Benjamin | |||||||||
| 55. Golden Tate | |||||||||
| 56. Russell Wilson | |||||||||
| 57. Matt Ryan | |||||||||
| 58. Mark Ingram | |||||||||
| 59. Paul Perkins: A little worried about him being a feature back. Down a RB tier. | |||||||||
| 60. C.J. Anderson: I'll probably keep Demaryius, so I'm lowering C.J. a little more. | |||||||||
| 61. Bilal Powell | |||||||||
| 62. Terrance West | |||||||||
| 63. Frank Gore | |||||||||
| 64. Jarvis Landry | |||||||||
| 65. Jamison Crowder | |||||||||
| 66. Stefon Diggs | |||||||||
| 67. DeVante Parker: Looking like Cutler's favorite target. Up. | |||||||||
| 68. Brandon Marshall | |||||||||
| 69. Doug Martin: Suspended first 3 games, but could be workhorse after that. Up. | |||||||||
| 70. Rob Kelley | |||||||||
| 71. LeGarrette Blount: Rumblings in Philly aren't great around Blount. Down a RB tier. | |||||||||
| 72. Adrian Peterson | |||||||||
| 73. Derrick Henry: As I said in my preseason article, he could be this year's Tevin Coleman. Up! | |||||||||
| 74. Danny Woodhead | |||||||||
| 75. Darren McFadden | |||||||||
| 76. Corey Davis | |||||||||
| 77. Donte Moncrief: Dealing with (another) shoulder injury. He keeps sliding down my list. | |||||||||
| 78. Pierre Garcon | |||||||||
| 79. Tyrell Williams: Felt a little high, so moved him down a WR tier. | |||||||||
| 80. Emmanuel Sanders | |||||||||
| 81. Tyler Eifert | |||||||||
| 82. Kyle Rudolph | |||||||||
| 83. Andrew Luck: Looking more and more like he won't play Week 1. Down another QB tier. | |||||||||
| 84. Kirk Cousins | |||||||||
| 85. Marcus Mariota | |||||||||
| 86. Jameis Winston | |||||||||
| 87. Jonathan Stewart: Up to the top of this RB tier. I think he'll still have a big role (incl. TDs). | |||||||||
| 88. Tevin Coleman | |||||||||
| 89. Thomas Rawls | |||||||||
| 90. Jeremy Hill | |||||||||
| 91. Eddie Lacy | |||||||||
| 92. Matt Forte | |||||||||
| 93. Theo Riddick | |||||||||
| 94. Derek Carr | |||||||||
| 95. Dak Prescott | |||||||||
| 96. Cam Newton | |||||||||
| 97. Jeremy Maclin: Flacco's injury is scaring me away from Maclin. Back down a WR tier. | |||||||||
| 98. Willie Snead | |||||||||
| 99. John Brown: Two TDs in preseason Game 3. OK, JB. Back into top-100. | |||||||||
| 100. Eric Decker | |||||||||
| 101. Mike Gillislee: Hamstring injury allowing other RBs to shine in preseason. Down. | |||||||||
| 102. Jamaal Williams | |||||||||
| 103. Jonathan Williams: Up a RB tier. I think the Bills will run a ton, and he'll be involved. | |||||||||
| 104. Duke Johnson | |||||||||
| 105. Samaje Perine | |||||||||
| 106. Corey Coleman | |||||||||
| 107. Mike Wallace | |||||||||
| 108. Randall Cobb | |||||||||
| 109. DeSean Jackson | |||||||||
| 110. Jordan Matthews: Up a bit more with Boldin retiring. And yes, ahead of Zay Jones (for now)... | |||||||||
| 111. Latavius Murray | |||||||||
| 112. Darren Sproles | |||||||||
| 113. Jacquizz Rodgers | |||||||||
| 114. Giovani Bernard | |||||||||
| 115. C.J. Prosise: Can't seem to stay healthy. Down a RB tier. | |||||||||
| 116. Martellus Bennett | |||||||||
| 117. Delanie Walker | |||||||||
| 118. Zach Ertz | |||||||||
| 119. Philip Rivers | |||||||||
| 120. Matthew Stafford | |||||||||
| 121. Kevin White: Even though I'm keeping Jordan Howard, had to move up with Meredith injury. | |||||||||
| 122. Kenny Britt | |||||||||
| 123. Zay Jones: Moved up to this WR tier. Potential to be #1 WR for Buffalo. | |||||||||
| 124. Robby Anderson | |||||||||
| 125. Adam Thielen | |||||||||
| 126. Devin Funchess | |||||||||
| 127. Josh Doctson | |||||||||
| 128. Rishard Matthews | |||||||||
| 129. Eric Ebron: Separating these 3 into their own TE tier and moved down... | |||||||||
| 130. Hunter Henry | |||||||||
| 131. Jack Doyle | |||||||||
| 132. Charles Sims: Moved these two passing down RBs down a few. | |||||||||
| 133. Jalen Richard | |||||||||
| 134. Andy Dalton: Moved to the top of this QB tier. I like him a lot this year. Tons of weapons. | |||||||||
| 135. Carson Wentz: And moved him ahead of Big Ben. That's right. | |||||||||
| 136. Ben Roethlisberger | |||||||||
| 137. Chris Hogan: Wasn't even on my watch list, but now in my top-150 with Edelman injury. | |||||||||
| 138. Ted Ginn: Seems like he could be the #2 WR ahead of Snead. Up. | |||||||||
| 139. Austin Hooper: Felt he and Fleener needed to move up a bit as their own mini TE tier. | |||||||||
| 140. Coby Fleener | |||||||||
| 141. Shane Vereen: Moved to the top of this RB tier. Perkins not exactly lighting it up in preseason. | |||||||||
| 142. Alfred Morris: Up slightly too. Should have decent value, at least while Zeke's out. | |||||||||
| 143. Alvin Kamara | |||||||||
| 144. James White | |||||||||
| 145. Jamaal Charles: Down to this RB tier, mainly because I know I'll have Demaryius too. | |||||||||
| 146. Branden Oliver: Likely will get more touches than people realize. Up to this RB tier. | |||||||||
| 147. Chris Conley | |||||||||
| 148. Tyler Lockett | |||||||||
| 149. J.J. Nelson: Not sure he'd even be the #2 in Arizona if John Brown not healthy. Down. | |||||||||
| 150. Cole Beasley | |||||||||
| 151. Marvin Jones | |||||||||
| 152. Marqise Lee | |||||||||
| 153. Tyrod Taylor: Down two QB tiers. Losing Watkins/Boldin hurts, and still learning new offense. | |||||||||
| 154. Eli Manning: Moving Eli down to this newly formed QB tier as well. | |||||||||
| 155. Carson Palmer: And Palmer moves up to be in this tier. | |||||||||
| 156. Dwayne Allen: Up to the top of this TE tier. Could have a big year, even as #2 TE. | |||||||||
| 157. C.J. Fiedorowicz | |||||||||
| 158. Charles Clay: Added him to my Top-200. Someone has to catch balls in Buffalo! | |||||||||
| 159. Austin Sefarian-Jenkins | |||||||||
| 160. Evan Engram | |||||||||
| 161. Rex Burkhead: With Gillislee injured, Burkhead's name thrown around as Week 1 starter. | |||||||||
| 162. Wendell Smallwood: Added back to top-200. Some feel he could end up lead back in Philly. | |||||||||
| 163. Charcandrick West: Kareem Hunt won't get all the touches. West a sneaky good pick here. | |||||||||
| 164. T.J. Yeldon | |||||||||
| 165. Tim Hightower: Not sure if he's clear #2 RB behind Hyde. Down. | |||||||||
| 166. Dion Lewis: Maybe he'll end up being a slot receiver with Edelman out. Who knows? Up. | |||||||||
| 167. Chris Thompson | |||||||||
| 168. Kenny Golladay: I think I got a little too excited with him. Back down a WR tier. 169. Kenny Stills: Down a WR tier. Cutler has never been one to spread it around. 170. Allen Hurns 171. Sterling Shepard: OBJ & Marshall getting dinged up has me moving him up from watch list. 172. John Ross: Added to top-200. Seems like a great late round flyer. 173. Kendall Wright: Someone has to catch passes in Chicago. Added to top-200. 174. Taylor Gabriel 175. Paul Richardson 176. Mike Williams 177. Broncos DEFENSE 178. Cardinals DEFENSE 179. Seahawks DEFENSE 180. Ravens DEFENSE 181. Texans DEFENSE 182. Patriots DEFENSE 183. Steelers DEFENSE 184. Panthers DEFENSE 185. Vikings DEFENSE 186. Giants DEFENSE 187. Bengals DEFENSE 188. Bills DEFENSE 189. Justin Tucker 190. Stephen Gostkowski 191. Matt Bryant 192. Mason Crosby 193. Dan Bailey 194. Adam Vinatieri 195. Steven Hauschka 196. Dustin Hopkins 197. Sebastian Janikowski 198. Matt Prater 199. Nick Novak 200. Caleb Sturgis | |||||||||
[The Watch List]
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